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A corrosive gas that is fatal to humans in high concentrations should not be a toxic substance under Canadian environmental law, say federal researchers in a new proposal.

Jeff Spath has been named the head of the petroleum engineering department at Texas A&M University.

One of the great challenges we face in leading a safety culture is how to communicate safety such that it has a lasting impact on employees.

International Maritime Organization regulations state that lifeboat release and retrieval systems must be evaluated and replaced no later than 1 July 2019.

Congress is close to lifting a 40-year-old ban on energy development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but drilling for oil in that frozen wilderness may still be years away as the effort faces exhaustive environmental reviews and likely lawsuits.

McDermott and CB&I will form a vertically integrated onshore-offshore construction and engineering services provider. Other deals include Jacobs Engineering Group acquiring CH2M and the expected close by year end of the Schlumberger and Weatherford OneStim JV.

Touted as the Mediterranean Sea’s largest-ever gas discovery, the “supergiant” Zohr field is expected to cover much of Egypt’s gas demand in the coming decades.

Bowing to pressure from shareholders and the Paris international climate accord, Royal Dutch Shell pledged on 28 November to increase its investment in renewable fuels and to cut its carbon emissions in half by 2050.

If proven economic, solar EOR technology could represent an environmentally and energy friendly solution for California’s heavy oil producers.

When you think about the Internet of Things, do you think about the extensive global subsea communications network?

Fugro appointed former Statoil chairman Øystein Løseth as CEO. Løseth will join Fugro's board of management on 1 January 2018, beginning a transition period that will last until his eventual assumption of the CEO role on 26 April. He served as Statoil's chairman from 2015 to 2017, and served as an independent director with the company for 3 years prior. From 2010 to 2…

Ray Riddoch has been named co-chairman of the board of directors of Oil & Gas UK. Riddoch currently serves as UK managing director and senior vice president for Nexen's European operations. Riddoch has more than 30 years of upstream experience in the UK, Europe, and Africa. He was appointed managing director at Nexen in July 2015 after joining the company in 2011. Pri…